The 2020 NZCS Biennial General Meeting will be held via Zoom video conference on 3 September 2020.  Details to join the virtual meeting will be sent to members shortly before the event.

The Society warmly encourages every member to attend, or to nominate a proxy if unable.  All nominations and notices of motion must be submitted to the Secretary no later than three weeks prior to the meeting.

The 2018 Biennial General Meeting will be held at 16:30-17:30 on Thursday, 6 September, at the National Library of New Zealand's Tiakiwai Auditorium (Aitken Street entrance, corner Molesworth & Aitken Streets, Wellington). 

The new Executive and Committee Members will be voted in at this time; nominations for positions should be made in writing to the NZCS Secretary no later than three weeks before the meeting.  Members not able to attend in person may submit a postal/email vote or nominate a proxy to attend and vote in their stead no later than seven days before the meeting.

In celebration of 40 years as a society (1971-2011), NZCS hosted a gathering at the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor in Wellington on Saturday, February 19, 2011. 

Mairi Clark presented Cartography in NZ Since 1931 - PDF Slideshow in 5 Parts.

Read more to view the photo highlights.

The 47th annual ANZMapS conference -- Mapping in Action -- will be held 24-25 September 2019, at the National Library of Australia, Canberra.

This year's sessions will feature the latest student presentations, an inaugural prize for best presentation, the awarding of ANZMapS' "Dorothy Prescott Prize", and an afternoon session and guided tour of the collection with the NLA map curators.

Registration is now open.

The New Zealand Cartographic Society is proud to announce a Map Design Workshop (MDW'2018) to precede GeoCart'2018. It will be held 3-4 September, 2018, at the VUW Kelburn Campus (Kirk Building).

Registration is now open.  Attendees of GeoCart'2018 on a Full 3-Day ticket are eligible for a $50 workshop discount.  Please visit MDW'2018 for more information.

The Australian and New Zealand Map Society will be hosting a Map Conservation workshop preceding GeoCart'2018.  It will be held the afternoon of 4 September at the National Library of New Zealand.

Registration is now open.  Please visit ANZMapS Map Conservation for more information.

The 45th conference of the Australian & New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS) will be held 22-23 May 2017 in the CBD and at the University of Melbourne. This event will be an affordable hands-on and scholarly experience, with one day of practicals and one for presentations/papers.  Registration is now open for Mastering Maps.

The 8th National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2016 and 4th ICA Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania will jointly convene in Wellington on August 31 - September 2, 2016.  The conference will hosted at the outstanding facilities of the National Library of New Zealand.

June 10th is the last deadline to submit abstracts or papers for the conference.  Registration will soon be open for the event.

As part of the Australasian Rare Book Summer School, two free public lectures will be held in Wellington in January 2015, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington and the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand.

Mapping the World through Time
Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Asst. Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data & Services, Stanford University Libraries
27 January 2015, 5.30pm-6.30pm | Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, Aitken Street entrance.

Mapping texts: Using GIS to understand the geographies in large collections of text
Ian Gregory, Prof. of Digital Humanities, Lancaster University
29 January 2015, 5.00pm-6.00pm | Stout Research Centre, Room 203, Victoria University Kelburn campus.

The seventh National Cartographic Conference, GeoCart'2014, 42nd ANZMapS Conference, and third ICA Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania will jointly convene in Auckland on September 3-5, 2014.  The conference will once again be held at the outstanding facilities of The University of Auckland (NZ). 

July 7th is the last deadline to submit abstracts or papers for the conference.  Registration is now open for this event.

Three major NZCS and ICA-related conferences and workshops were held in August and September of this year: GeoCart'2012, the Thematic Map Design workshop (preceding GeoCart), and the ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop.  All were successful events.

Please refer to Cartogram 73 for reports and some photos from the events.  The ICA Commission on Mountain Cartography website also has a report and other materials from the workshop held at Taurewa, Tongariro National Park. A post-workshop collection of papers is to be published in 2013.

The sixth National Cartographic Conference, GeoCart'2012, and second ICA Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania will be hosted at The University of Auckland (New Zealand) on August 29-31, 2012.

Also, the 8th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop, will be held at Tongariro National Park (NZ), September 1-5, 2012.

Registration is now open for both events.

A big thank you to all of the students who entered the New Zealand Children’s Map Competition 2019.  Winning maps will represent New Zealand at the international Barbara Petchenik Children’s Map Competition in Tokyo.

The winning entries are visible on the Children's Map Competition Winners page.

NZCS is proud to announce two new competitions for young geospatial professionals at GeoCart'2018. These are open to anyone under 30 years of age and will encompass two categories: posters and lightning talks. Prizes for each category include a map poster from The Map Kiwi and a $100 Prezzy card.  Approved YGC poster and lightning talk authors are eligible for a 10% and 5% discount, respectively, off their conference registrations.  All authors must obtain abstract approval before registering to claim their discount.  Please see YGC Guidelines for additional details. 

The deadline for abstract submissions is 11 May.

Thanks to all of the students who entered the New Zealand Children’s Map Competition 2015. We had over 60 entries and the judges chose six maps to represent New Zealand at the International Barbara Petchenik World Map Competition.

The judges used the following criteria for their selections: a recognisable message, cartographic content, and quality of execution.

The winning entries are visible on the Children's Map Competition Winners page. Thanks also to the following sponsors for providing wonderful prizes for the winners: Airways, DoC, Eagle Technology, Geographx, LINZ, NIWA, and NZ Geographic.

Two events associated with the upcoming GeoCart'2014 conference have been announced: GeoExpo'2014 and the New Zealand Cartographic Society Map Award. Potential commercial and other exhibitors are encouraged to participate in these events. Some bookings have already been made, so visit the website to check out who is coming (including a floor plan).

NZCS welcomes any map or cartographic product produced or published after June 30, 2013 to be considered for the NZCS Map Award. Submissions are due by August 22, 2014.  

The Auckland Museum is featuring an exhibit on You Are Here: Mapping Auckland. There is also a gallery of photos available on Flickr.